Residents of Massachusetts may find their grocery store shelves devoid
of eggs come January 1st, 2022, unless state lawmakers act quickly to amend a
strict new animal
welfare law.
Massachusetts voters passed an animal treatment measure back in
2016 that made it illegal to sell eggs from hens who had less than 1.5 square
feet of floor space in their enclosures, or roughly the average size of an
apartment in New York. That law is scheduled to take effect in 2022 and is
threatening to wipe out the supply of eggs in the state.
According to the Boston Globe, egg industry representatives such as the New England Brown Egg
Council are predicting that the new rules will decrease the state's current egg
supply by approximately 90%.
The moral of the story? Chickens always come home to
roost, no matter the size of their enclosure.
They say not to put all your eggs into one basket. That won’t be
a problem in Massachusetts, as there won’t be any eggs to put in it at all. The
states voters may, figuratively if not literally, end up with egg on their
faces.
There is an age-old question: what came first, the chicken or
the egg? I don’t know, but it’s clear egg lovers come last. At
least in Massachusetts.
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